primula

American  

[prim-yuh-luh] / ˈprɪm yə lə /

noun

1. primrose.

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primula British  

/ ˈprɪmjʊlə /

noun

1. any primulaceous plant of the N temperate genus Primula, having white, yellow, pink, or purple funnel-shaped flowers with five spreading petals: includes the primrose, oxlip, cowslip, and polyanthus

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Etymology

Origin of primula

1745–55; < Medieval Latin prīmula, short for prīmula vēris, literally, first (flower) of spring. See prime, -ule

Example Sentences

Cases in point are those of the primula flowers and the Andalusian fowls.

From Mendelism Third Edition by Punnett, Reginald Crundall

In that window stood a small work-table, with a flower-pot upon it containing a lilac primula.

From The First Violin A Novel by Fothergill, Jessie

The primula is thus spoken of, on account of its yellow centre, also the adonis, or “pheasant’s eye,” and the blue veronica, or germander speedwell.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

The banks were still brown, but they were patched with great beds of rose-pink primula, blue gentian, and yellow dog pansies.

From The Adventures of Akbar by Shaw, Byam

The present name of my Veronica Stagnarum is however V. anagallis, a mere insult to the little water primula, which one plant of the Veronica would make fifty of.

From Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by Ruskin, John